I think Messus and Ysss have a point there - its not a either or case and Ysss does believe that I am sure.

But to be objective, missing a portrait keyboard WOULD be a sore point to the bigger market as a whole - and to reviewers who will judge and evaluate a phone in comparison to the multitude of other devices. That does mean it is a dealbreaker - NO.

And to Ragner's (and Nokia's) point - yes they had to sacrifice the feature for the sake of faster bring-to-market times.

So as long as everybody realises both viewpoints are and can coexist but there will be talk of missing feature (just as in this thread), that's acceptable. I don't think YSSS is cribbing about his viewpoint solely - but the bigger view.
So lets rest this issue.